| Thomas Kiernan | |
| Fullname: | Thomas Kiernan |
| Birth Date: | 20 October 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Coatbridge, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Coatbridge, Scotland |
| Position: | Inside forward |
| Youthclubs1: | Viewpark Celtic |
| Youthyears2: | 1936–1937 |
| Youthclubs2: | Clydebank Juniors |
| Years1: | 1937–1945 |
| Caps1: | 44 |
| Goals1: | 24 |
| Years2: | 1946–1947 |
| Clubs2: | Celtic |
| Caps2: | 23 |
| Goals2: | 12 |
| Years3: | 1947–1948 |
| Caps3: | 28 |
| Goals3: | 6 |
| Years4: | 1948–1950 |
| Caps4: | 55 |
| Goals4: | 10 |
| Years5: | 1950–1951 |
| Clubs5: | St Mirren |
| Caps5: | 8 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 1951–1952 |
| Years7: | 1952–1954 |
| Caps7: | 33 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Years8: | 1954–1955 |
| Caps8: | 29 |
| Goals8: | 8 |
| Totalcaps: | 205 |
| Totalgoals: | 53 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1947 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scottish Football League XI[1] |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Thomas Kiernan (20 October 1918 – 26 June 1991) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Luton Town and Stoke City. He also played for Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic and Celtic.[2]
Kiernan was born in Coatbridge and began his career with Clydebank Juniors in 1936 before joining Albion Rovers a year later. He scored 24 goals for the Wee Rovers in two seasons prior to the outbreak of World War II and earned a move to Celtic after the war ended,[3] where he spent one season before he was signed by English club Stoke City for a then club record fee of £8,500.[2] He was a regular at inside right under the management of Bob McGrory in 1947–48 playing in 26 matches scoring six goals as Stoke a frustrating season finishing in 15th position.[2] After playing just four matches at the start of 1948–49 Kiernan was then sold to Second Division Luton Town in November 1948 for £6,000.[2] With the "Hatters" Kiernan played in three seasons scoring 15 goals in 60 matches before he returned to Scotland in 1950 with St Mirren. After a brief spell in Wales with Barry Town and made a return to Albion Rovers and ended his career with Alloa Athletic.[2]
Source:
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Celtic | 1946–47 | Scottish Division One | 22 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 17 | |
| 1947–48 | Scottish Division One | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Total | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 18 | |||
| Stoke City | 1947–48 | First Division | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 26 | 6 | ||
| 1948–49 | First Division | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 30! | 7 | ||||
| Luton Town | 1948–49 | Second Division | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | — | 27 | 8 | ||
| 1949–50 | Second Division | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 25 | 6 | |||
| 1950–51 | Second Division | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| Total | 55 | 10 | 5 | 5 | — | 60! | 15 | ||||
| Career Total | 106 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 122 | 40 | |||